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What is Scots culture? The word culture is understood to include everything that distinguishes one group of people from another. A culture may be associated with an ethnic group, or with a whole country, …
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SUB DIALECT OF CENTRAL SCOTS:
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Scots has been spoken here since the Middle Ages. The dialect is known as South Central Scots, because it is closely related to the other dialects …
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SUB DIALECT OF SOUTHERN SCOTS:
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Like other areas of Scots-speaking Scotland, the dialect here has traditionally been known as Scots or Scotch. However, because this region covers the …
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We're continuing our Burns theme by celebrating Valentine's Day with one of his most famous poems, My Luve is like a Red Red Rose. We hope you'll enjoy Isla St Clair's bitter sweet version …
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Whether you regard the work of Robert Burns as sentimental or as genius, no one can deny his iconic status in the world. And thanks to him the Scots language has a familiar and readily recognised brand. …
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Ever wondered how the robin got his red breast? Let the kids from Whalsay School in Shetland show you. Thanks to David Irvine, Grant Irvine and the children of Whalsay primary school for giving permission …
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Artist Scott Simpson has illustrated a series of Scots words by assigning a character to each one. These include 'ned', 'clype', 'crabbit' and many other well known words. Wrongly reported by the Daily …
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Dr Bill Wilson, MSP for the West of Scotland, lodged a motion in the Scottish Parliament on 5 November 2007 which is critical of the BBC for failing to make any mention of the Scots language in its Public …
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Umquhile is a rare and rather unusual word, now generally confined to archaic use in Scottish legal or literary texts. Twentieth-century examples occur in John Buchan's The Free Fishers (1934): "What …
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Strathisla Scots Spickers has discovered that something is far from right at the BBC in so far as language is concerned. The BBC Trust, which outlines the plans and policies of the BBC, has published …